Baker v. Baker

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the “best interests of the child” standard applies when considering a presumed father’s “petition seeking to delegitimize the child.”
• holding superior court failed to consider best interests of child when wife rebutted presumption of legitimacy raised by child’s birth during the marriage

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Todd v. Todd
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-01· cited 58×
• Brine v. Shipp
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-07-13· cited 26×
• MATHENIA v. BRUMBELOW
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-05-18· cited 19×
• In the Interest of C. L.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-29· cited 12×
• Veal v. Veal
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-16· cited 10×
• Kamp v. Department of Human Services
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2009-09-21· cited 9×
• Matthews v. Dukes
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-03-14· cited 8×
• State Ex Rel. Murphy v. Haren
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2007-05-16· cited 7×
• Karen S. McDowell v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2009-10-13· cited 6×
• Baker v. Lankford
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-10-05· cited 5×
• King v. Lusk
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-05-24· cited 3×
• Venable v. Parker
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-02-16· cited 3×
• Chestnut v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-10-01· cited 2×
• Williamson v. Williamson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-01-26· cited 2×
• In Re CL
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-29
• EVELYN BELLIVEAU v. WENDELL LEE FLOYD
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-06-02
• Alvin Jefferson v. Cyprus v. O'Neal
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-05-24
• Raynier Marquez v. Rafael E. Aguirre
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-04-24
• DARWIN POMPEY v. ARENTRIA MURRAY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2025-09-18
• In Re Dependency as to H.H.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2025-10-10

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lehr v. Robertson
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-27· cited 1,333×
• Ghrist v. Fricks
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-12-01· cited 46×
• Davis v. LaBrec
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-06-25· cited 28×
• Miller v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1988-04-14· cited 21×
• Mitchell v. Ward
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-02-06· cited 10×